The
Phantom
Tollbooth
NORTON JUSTER
HarperCollins Children’s Books HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
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First published in the USA by Epstein & Carroll Associates Inc. 1961
And by Random House, Inc. 1964
First published in Great Britain by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1962
This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2008
Copyright © 1961 Norton Juster
Copyright renewed 1989 by Norton Juster
Note from the author copyright © 1999 Norton Juster
Illustrations copyright © 1961 Jules Feiffer
Copyright renewed 1989 by Jules Feiffer
Why You’ll Love This Book copyright © 2008 Diana Wynne Jones
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To Andy and Kenny who waited so patiently
Contents
4. Confusion in the Market Place
9. It All Depends How You Look at Things
14. The Dodecahedron Leads the Way
19. The Return of Rhyme and Reason
Why You’ll Love This Book: by Diana Wynne Jones
THERE WAS ONCE a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself – not just